YouTube expanded the size of its screen on Tuesday, adopting a widescreen format

The Google-owned video-sharing site, which has also been
experimenting recently with high-definition video,
announced the change to a widescreen format in a posting
on the YouTube blog.

"Over the years we've heard a lot of feedback from you
about what you'd like to change about YouTube, and the
size of our video player is always top of mind," YouTube
said.

"We're expanding the width of the page to 960 pixels to
better reflect the quality of the videos you create and
the screens that you use to watch them," it added.

YouTube also recently announced that advertisers would be
able to "sponsor" videos and bid on key words people use
for searches on the site.

YouTube also staged a "live" concert over the weekend and
announced earlier this month that it would host some
full-length television shows and films from famed
Hollywood studio Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM)